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Originally Posted by Michael Moffa
I think that the loss of wild birds can be traced to DDT removal from the environment. Birds of Prey numbers have soared because egg shells are not cracking in the nest for eagles and hawks and osprey and falcons. Enviro wackos would lose their collective minds but a limited season on just red tailed hawks might be whats needed. How many of you have seen Red Tails sitting on fence posts next to the highway watching traffic go by in the last decade or so. That never happened when I was a kid.
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Here they are basically just coyote with wings . I want to say the % of increase for red tail hawks since 1960 matches the % of decrease in the quail population .
But according to the anti hunters theres no correlation .